12/24/2022 0 Comments Husqvarna rifle serial number lookup![]() ![]() ![]() The Swedish production m/40 pistol was downgraded and was made of molybdenum steel that resulted in many blow ups. Cannons were in short supply, my grandfather was commander of a cannon team on the harbor of Hälsingborg 1939 to 1941, his cannon was made of a telegraph pole and two wagon wheels, all painted nicely grey, it could be seen from passing ships and from Elsinore just 4 km away, where the Germans kept a strict eye after April 1940. Unfortunately the Swedes needed cannons too, so all the alloy steel went to cannon production. In 1940 two representatives from the Swedish army (Magnus Hedenlund and Charles Holmgren) managed to buy the production rights from Eimo Lathi in Finland, who at the time worked for the Tikkakosky factory. This example was used by the Finnish Navy before the Swedes got it The Finnish model designation, and the loaded chamber indicator abandoned by the Swedes Finnish 元5 pistol bought by Sweden (John Bills collection) Finnish SA acceptance stamp (John Bills collection) Call the m/39 by the Swedes, only a very few Finnish L 35 pistols were brought in Sweden – probably less than 20. The Swedes adopted the Finnish Lahti Pistol in 1940 when Walther became unable to deliver more P38 pistols. I had for many years contact with an old historical interested Husqvarna employee Gunnar Granquist his nephew Bertil Granquist has taken over his archive and he has been most helpful. I had a lot of information in my archive that is source for this article. As a weapons officer in the Danish armed forces I have handled and repaired the Lathi pistol that was a substitute standard pistol at the time. This pistol used the Bergman locking system but looked like a Luger, it replaced the Bergman pistol in the Danish army. If you contact him at he can add your pistol to his catalog, and possibly be able to tell you where it was originally delivered. Thanks, Peter!Īlso, Peter is currently working on researching Bergmann pistols, and would appreciate hearing from owners of various models. ![]() We will cover the mechanical aspects of the pistol in a later post, but this information from Peter is an excellent overview of the different markings found on different batches of the pistols. Today we have a guest post by Peter Rasmussen on some of the history of the Husqvarna M40 pistol, also commonly called the Lahti. ![]()
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